Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in the feces of Alberta feedlot cattle

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-153

  Renter, David G ^a   Checkley, Sylvia L ^b   Campbell, John ^b   King, Robin ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANADA; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SEROTYPE;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2942564559     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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